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In this June 4, 2016, file photo, a woman, at right, takes photos of the flooded banks of the Seine river in Paris. An international team of scientists has found that man-made climate change nearly doubled the likelihood of last month's devastating French flooding. In a quick but not peer-reviewed analysis, the World Weather Attribution team of climate scientists used past rainfall data and computer simulations to look for global warming's fingerprints in the heavy downpours in France and Germany. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Kurt Erickson, president of Washington Regional Alcohol Program, said that federal data suggest traffic accidents due to drug use other than alcohol are on the rise, a trend that may also be occurring in the region. (Aubri Juhasz / The Washington Times)

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The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to pilots that GPS outages may occur in California throughout much of June. (FAA)

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A hacker took over the National Football League's Twitter account on Tuesday. The individual falsely reported NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's death. (Twitter, NFL)

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Illustration on pursuing insurance claims for Holocaust survivors and their heirs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) in Fantastic 4 (2005)

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Halle Berry as weather controlling mutant ‘Storm’ in the X-Men film series

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Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Minneapolis police union, had some harsh words for the Black Lives Matter movement after the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark were cleared Wednesday of any wrongdoing. (FOX 9)

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A cyclist photographs the flooding Seine river in front of the Musee d' Orsay in Paris, France Friday June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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A Texas DPS helicopter flies over Lake Belton near the scene of an accident at Fort Hood at Owl Creek Park near Gatesville, Texas, on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Fort Hood says several soldiers are dead and six are missing after an Army troop truck was washed from a low-water crossing and overturned in a rain-swollen creek at Fort Hood in Central Texas. (Michael Miller/The Temple Daily Telegram via AP)

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"The plan will affect every single commuter. Even repairs outside of the District will affect us," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday at a press event at the Eastern Market Metro station, which will be affected by the second phase of the transit agency's "SafeTrack" plan. "We believe Washington, D.C., will be affected by all 15 surges." (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the impending collapse of Obamacare by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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People are escorted by emergency personnel away from the scene of a fatal shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Police officers work at the scene of a fatal shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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An FBI SWAT team arrives at the scene of a fatal shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Ducks swim on the overflowing embankments of Paris, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Paris City Hall closed roads along the shore of the Seine from the southwest edge of the city to the neighborhood around the Eiffel Tower as the water level has risen 4.3 meters (14 feet 1 inches) higher than usual. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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This Aug. 21, 2015, file photo shows an EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC taking off from Vienna International Airport, Austria. Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said Wednesday, June 1, 2016, that a French ship has picked up signals from deep under Mediterranean Sea, presumed to be from black boxes of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC that crashed last month, killing all 66 passengers and crew on board. (AP Photo/Thomas Ranner, File)

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Strongman Coal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times